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Asked what assessment the Government has made of reports that UK clinics are selling BGI Group’s tests for genetic conditions such as Down’s syndrome, and that BGI Group is using these tests to harvest the genetic data of millions of women and their unborn children, then storing this data on a gene database funded by the government of China -and whether they have plans to ban BGI Group in the UK – Health Minister confirms that “BGI genetic screening tests are currently available for sale in the UK. These devices do not appear to have been registered with the MHRA at this time” and admits he has made “no specific assessment of BGI Group’s tests.”

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